Beyond “Test and Tell”: A Fresh Approach to Assessment in Career Development Practice

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• Dr. Roberta Borgen (Neault), CCC, CCDP, President of Life Strategies Ltd.
• Cassie Taylor, BAA, Managing Director, Life Strategies Ltd.

Original date and time

• April 3, 10 & 17, 2025 – 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm ET (Check your time zone)

Price

• PAID webinar series

Language

• This webinar series was presented in English

Accessibility

• This webinar series offered AI-generated live captions available in multiple languages

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”67462″ img_size=”medium” css=””][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column offset=”vc_hidden-lg vc_hidden-md vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_btn title=”REGISTER NOW” color=”warning” align=”center” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.ca%2Fe%2Fa-fresh-approach-to-assessment-in-career-development-practice-tickets-1244067051039%3Faff%3DCERICwebpage|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][headings alignment=”” heading_color=”#568caf” heading=”Overview of the webinar series”][vc_column_text css=””]Assessment is an ongoing process, involving a variety of formal and informal tools and techniques. It guides career development professionals (CDPs) in supporting increasingly complex clients within a rapidly shifting employment landscape, amidst unrelenting pressure to meet service delivery targets and outcomes.  

Most CDPs have moved beyond a “test-and-tell” approach; however, some continue to rely on familiar assessment tools and techniques that they’ve used for years. Although such resources may be readily available, reasonably priced, easy to administer and fit nicely into current program delivery, they may not always be relevant to the client’s current context or goals. Without taking a step back to consider a client’s unique situation, assessment may simply become an item on a checklist just waiting to be marked complete, rather than a thoughtful, reflective and empowering client-centred process. Further, some CDPs may avoid using tools or tests altogether, due to limited experience and/or knowledge of the full spectrum of options available to them or seeing them as irrelevant, restrictive or perhaps even harmful.  

This webinar series will address these challenges by providing CDPs with the skills to integrate diverse information-gathering strategies. By embracing a more holistic approach towards assessment, CDPs are better positioned to support clients in a more nuanced understanding of themselves, ultimately leading to more effective career development support. [/vc_column_text][headings alignment=”” heading_color=”#568caf” heading=”Why career professionals should attend”][vc_column_text css=””]Through this series, your assessment practices and assumptions will be challenged and enhanced. With a more nuanced understanding of “assessment” as a process, you will be equipped to expand your career, education and wellness assessment toolkit, considering both formal, published tools and informal approaches. We will discuss the importance of integrating assessment results from multiple sources, rather than relying on standardized, computer or AI-generated assessment reports. Finally, we will examine the connections between various types of assessments, labour market information, and the growing role of AI, while addressing the ethical considerations involved in their use. By the end of the webinar series, you will be better equipped to incorporate assessment results into meaningful career conversations, create tailored reports for individuals or third parties and develop action plans for next steps in career development. 

By attending the series, you will not only gain access to a comprehensive list of assessment tools and resources curated by the Life Strategies team but also engage in a practical and interactive learning experience. You will be invited to collaborate on a shared resource of recommended assessment tools, strategies and approaches, and will receive access to practical assessment-related resources (e.g., tip sheets, videos, case examples). Finally, you will receive practical tips and strategies to extend and integrate your learning into real-world practice. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][headings alignment=”” heading_color=”#568caf” tag=”h4″ heading=”Webinar #1: Begin with the End in Mind: Crafting Your Assessment Approach”][headings alignment=”” heading_color=”#000000″ tag=”h6″ heading_font_weight=”500″ heading=”Thursday, April 3, 2025, from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm ET”][vc_column_text css=””]

• Examine the historical evolution of assessment within career practice 
• Expand your understanding of “assessment” as a holistic, ongoing and dynamic process for diverse clients across cultures, capabilities and contexts 
• Familiarize yourself with diverse career, educational and personal wellness assessment tools across a variety of contexts  
• Critically reflect on your own assessment approach and comfort with technology and AI, integrating current trends and contextual factors 

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• Align assessment selection with client goals  
• Navigate logistical constraints (e.g., time, budget, available resources and training levels) 
• Understand how theoretical background, scope and limitations impact assessment tools 
• Explore how to handle contradictions, missing information and/or biases 

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• Develop strategies to identify themes/patterns, enhancing clients’ self-awareness 
• Integrate “test” results with other sources of information to empower clients to develop a comprehensive and actionable career plan 
• Explore reporting considerations (e.g., written vs. verbal) in culturally responsive and trauma-informed ways 
• Address ethical considerations (e.g., confidentiality, cultural suitability, CDP qualifications) to maintain a safe and effective client partnership

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• Define and explore examples of different types of loss that a service participant might be grieving including: 
  • Living loss (non-death losses) 
  • Disenfranchised loss (hidden sorrow) 
  • Ambiguous loss 
• Identify possible client responses to loss (physical, mental, social, emotional) and how these might influence career conversations 
• Explore how our words and actions around loss and grieving may inadvertently contribute to disenfranchising our service participants 

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• Revisit the history of storytelling and what determines how we communicate 
• Learn why our cultural identity is a powerful analytical tool 
• Travel through life transitions, hear about “cultural aliens” and understand the social process of “othering” 
• Locate situations, revisit the self, available supports, and learn to build new strategies 
• Review implications of intercultural miscommunication 

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• Support clients to communicate their sense of self and apply their awareness 
• Clarify with your client how to integrate their story with their culture and their listener’s culture 
• Use the transaction model of communication in various ways 
• Inspire the storyteller to align their story to their industry standards 
• Motivate storytellers to address cultural assumptions 
• Evaluate tools for analysis and self-reflection: revisit experiences, cultural assumptions, self-perceptions and fixed mindsets 

[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes”][vc_column width=”1/2″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][spacing desktop_height=”20″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes”][vc_column][vc_message message_box_color=”chino” icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-user-graduate”]Overview of the research project

Prior to COVID-19, a broad host of social, technological, economic, environmental, political and values-based changes were disrupting Canada’s labour market, changing the nature of work. COVID-19 accelerated many of these changes, while introducing new disruptions, further complicating the landscape for career development. With this in mind, CERIC has engaged Creative Futures to explore the following questions through future-focused research.

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[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner disable_element=”yes”][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css=””]* If you register 5 or more participants from the same organization at the same time, you qualify for the group rate of 20% off registration fees. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_message]CERIC webinars are hosted on Zoom. Learn about it in our FAQ.[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”68501″ img_size=”240×240″ alignment=”center” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text css=””]Dr. Roberta Borgen (Neault), CCC, CCDP, is the President, Life Strategies Ltd. and an award-winning career development thought leader in Canada/internationally. She trains career development professionals and counsellors in the effective and ethical use of career assessments and has supported employment services, governments and corporations with effective use of career assessment.  [/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=”fab fa-linkedin” color=”black” align=”center” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Frobertaneault%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”68503″ img_size=”240×240″ alignment=”center” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text css=””]Cassie Taylor, BAA, Managing Director, Life Strategies Ltd. has 15+ years of experience in supporting a wide array of assessment–related projects for individuals, career/employment programs and corporations. She trains others in ethical use of assessments and selects, administers, scores and interprets a variety of tests/tools.   [/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=”fab fa-linkedin” color=”black” align=”center” css=”” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fcassie-taylor-35464737%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes”][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”63334″ img_size=”240×240″ alignment=”center”][spacing desktop_height=”30″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Dr. Catherine Hajnal facilitates an understanding of trauma, loss and grief including their transformative potential. For over 25 years she has been committed to creating learning environments that foster a deeper understanding of the human condition.    [/vc_column_text][spacing desktop_height=”20″][vc_row_inner rtl_reverse=”yes”][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=”fab fa-linkedin” color=”black” size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fcatherinehajnal%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes”][vc_column][spacing desktop_height=”35″ mobile_height=”25″ smobile_height=”10″][headings alignment=”” heading_color=”#568caf” tag=”h3″ heading=”Que nous disent les participants du webinaire de Frédéric?”][spacing desktop_height=”35″ mobile_height=”25″ smobile_height=”10″][accordions]

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